--- title: Well, they took the wood into the graveyard, dragged the Warlock out… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Well, they took the wood into the graveyard, dragged the Warlock out of his grave, placed him on the pyre, and set it alight--the people all standing round in a circle with brooms, shovels, and fire-irons. Who acts: loads, people. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (loads, people), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg22373:54:61 # text = Well, they took the wood into the graveyard, dragged the Warlock out of his grave, placed him on the pyre, and set it alight--the people all standing round in a circle with brooms, shovels, and fire-irons. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 graveyard graveyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Warlock Warlock PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 pyre pyre NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 alight alight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 32 all all ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 34 round round ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 brooms broom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 shovels shovel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 irons iron NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | loads *= load* | the wood | | the graveyard | | fire irons *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wood=Theme into graveyard=Destination | | 2 | **drag** | past | loads *= load* *not said here* | the Warlock | | Soldier's grave | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent warlock=Theme out grave=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **place** | past | loads *= load* *not said here* | Soldier | | the pyre | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on pyre=Destination | | 4 | **set** | infinitive | loads *= load* *not said here* | wood | | | | alight *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result | | 5 | **stand** | gerund | the people | | | a circle with brooms and shovels | | all, round *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in circle=Location | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/62/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/54/)